The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-07-19
FOUND In BED.
The Dead Body of Michael Brady,
An Old Citizen.
Coroner Overstreet Looks Into
The Surroundings of
The Demise.

Word was brought to the police sta.
ton this morning about seven o'clock
that there was dead man down in
East Sedalia. Officers Shobe and
Mooney were detailed to investigate
the matter, who before proceeding to
the scence notified Coroner Overstreet.
The officers went down to little
house, standing in a garden and front.
ing the Missouri Pacific tracks, nearly
opposite the junction of these with
the NJ, K. & T. line. The house is
north of the tracks and is several feet
below the level of the railway. The
yard in front has several fruit trees in
it, and at the side are rows of cab
bage and other vegetables. On the
little porch the policemen found
Mrs. Sarah Burns, otherwise called
''Razorback, whose reputation is not
altogether savory. She turned over
the key to the front door to Shobe.
and that officer unlocked it and went
In.
The man. who proved to be Nj
chael Brady, was found ina small
room adjoining the main apartment,
lying on the bed with q blanket
threwn over him. The officer did not
touch anything, and waited for
the coroner, who shortly arrived,
and proceeded to investigate.
A number of curious people dropped
in, and the air of the little room, with
the windows down, speedily became
unbearable.
Coroner Overstreet turned down the
blanket, and found Brady lying ON
his left side with his left arm rest
ing across his breast, and his right
arm stretched along his right side.
He was clad in a white cotton shirt
and a pair of blue overalls. He
had on a pair of brown socks. The
bed was plentifully supplied with pill
lows, and the apartment was crowded
with q wardrobe, box, coal stove
and one or two chairs. At the foot of
the bed, also, was a beer keg, not al.
together empty. 1t was afterward
developed that Brady bought his beer
by the keg.
The doctor turned the body
over and examined it carefully
for bruises or other indications as to
the cause of bis death, but found
no marks of violence. The conclu-
sion arrived at, was that he had died
a natural death. An examination
was then made of his pockets. La
the blue overalls be had on were
found an ordinary knife and a pocket
book. In this last were a five-dollar
bill, and two deposit checks on the
First National bank, one dated April
Is, 1885 for SIS, and the other, June
s, 1887, for s33.
In his outer pants, which lay on a
chair, near the bed, on top of a rusty |
looking single barreled pistol, which |
looked as if it had been made out of
the muzzle end of an Enfield rife,
was found another knife and a piece
of tobacco. The invesgation was then |
turned to the green painted box,
which stood in a corner, and on top
of which female garment was found |
carelessly resting. After some troub-
lie, looking for the key to 1t, Mrs. |
Burns found the desired article and |
the chest was opened. A number of
such as insurance policies,
a warranty deed, old checks, and |
miscellaneous scraps, were found. 1t |
had been reported that Brady had |
left will, but this did not come to
light.
After q thorough investigation, the
coroner examined Mrs. Burns, who
proved to be a very independent wit
ness, in some respects. She said
that Brady, who was a man about
sixty.fve years of age, had been sick
for two or three days. She was out
in the country, east of town, cooking |
for a man who was making |
hay, and Brady had sent for her. She
came to town, and stayed with him
in daytime, cooking and otherwise
waiting on him, and yesterday he had
drank some beer. 1t was warm, and
made him very sick. He vomited
and then suggested that a
little whisky might do him good.
This was procured and the old man
felt better, although still sick.
Mrs. Burns left the house, she
says, at half-past six o'clock,
last mig int to 60 to her home,
the last house on East Fourth street
and returned this morning between
six and seven. She found the front
door partially open, with a bunch of
keys in the lock, on the outside. Co
ing into the bedroom, she discovered